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Oh lordy. That sounds like such a rigamarole. I've had problems communicating with CB before as well. They took nearly two months to process linking my bank account 😬

I think it might be a UK thing. Banks here would like to block access to crypto completely and they hide behind justifications about money laundering etc. Reality is that they know if everyone learnt this technology their monopoly on billions of $$ from charging transfer fees would be over.

I had to explain to an anti-fraud person from my bank why I was moving less than £500 to CB about 6 months ago. When I said I was buying BTC as an investment he gave me all kinds of shpile about 'knowing the risks'. When I asked him why my bank was asking questions about this transfer particularly when I've moved larger payments to utility suppliers etc he wouldn't give a straight answer. I think he said something about 'high risk of fraud'. What was funny was right after he'd decided the transfer was ok to approve he started asking me about BTC's prospect of increasing in value. Lol this was when it was at 4k so I told him it was set to double over the next year. 🤣 There might be a very happy bank call center advisor somewhere if he chose to listen to me 😉

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Hey, @gillianpearce.

Oh, don't stop there!

Actually, I think I can guess with blocktrades, since they're trying to get ahead of some regulation that apparently hasn't happened yet, but I'll not steal your thunder.

I must say, I can't believe it, but that is a larger issue than I've had. No money has been lost, other than what I might have earned had I been able to invest directly, but I have no idea how much that was, and this last time I bought, Litecoin actually went up while I waiting to buy STEEM.

So, anyway. It shouldn't be this way. I'm told that 10 years isn't very long to establish working, usable systems, but that must only be with crypto, or open source types of things, since, I don't know, iPhones and most smart phones haven't really been around longer too much longer than Bitcoin. :/ Yeah, I know, billions upon billions in R&D and all of it for profit makes a big difference.

Still frustrating. In your case, it's plain old losing transactions and systems that don't work. In my case, it's government or other institutional players. Either way, not good.

Respect for your patience.  

I haven't used my coinbase in years but I will be sure to keep my eyes open and look both ways If I go again.

What a drama, I hope it all works out for you in the end,  I has used coinbase before but then they warned me and closed my account as it isnt supported anymore inthe state I am in

I have seen that a lot of crypto sites have this very relaxed attitude about everything and no one seems to understand that it is our hard-earned money. And to lose it means a lot of trouble for us.

Hi! Hope you are well.

Still not feeling like posting some photos?!

Have a nice weekend!